If I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV.

You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.

Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history.

I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum.

Time has nothing to do with the gifts that the gods give you; it's what you do.

I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it.

I dont think being black has held me back at all. Being black makes you strong.

If you have your own agenda and your own style and you don't easily conform to what the masses are doing, you're looked upon as being difficult. Whereas, I think of it as just being an individual.

Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful, but learn to love what you have.

Historically, in my generation, all of my heroes and heroines have had issues and problems. We all do.

I say if it's going to be done, let's do it. Let's not put it in the hands of fate. Let's not put it in the hands of someone who doesn't know me. I know me best. Then take a breath and go ahead.

My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value - I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone.

Lovers, of course, are notoriously frantic epistemologists, second only to paranoiacs (and analysts) as readers of signs and wonders.

There were times, though, when the women came together on a partisan basis. [When we stopped] the privatization of Social Security during George Bush, we linked arms.

Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you.

I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.

The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.

Health reform is an essential part of restoring America's economy and maintaining our competitiveness.

Every artist who drew Batman after creator Bob Kane was a better artist than Kane [...].

Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors

I think my work shows that I love women. I understand where these types of criticisms are coming from because black people have been so dogged out in the media, they're just extra sensitive.